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Dubai is in talks with Islamic endowments in countries as far afield as South Africa and New Zealand to promote its drive for the industry to become more efficient and profit-oriented, a government official said.
Islamic endowment

A fund management venture set up in Dubai this month is taking aim at one of the great backwaters of the Middle Eastern economy: Islamic endowments, which control tens of billions of dollars of assets around the region.
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Dubai will host a new asset management firm specialising in awqaf (Islamic endowments), as the emirate seeks to become a global centre for the business of sharia-compliant charitable foundations, company officials said on Sunday.

The third edition of the Dubai International Conference for Awqaf, to be held next month in Dubai, will highlight best endowment practices and successful institutional experiences.
The event, on April 22 and 23, will be hosted under the pa

The third edition of the Dubai International Conference for Awqaf, to be held next month in Dubai, will highlight best endowment practices and successful institutional experiences.
The event, on April 22 and 23, will be hosted under the pa

A major new society will not be officially part of Bahrain's National Dialogue because it failed to become registered in time.
The National Unity Assembly (formerly National Unity Gathering) was only given approval to function as a politic